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fashioner

American  
[fash-uh-ner] / ˈfæʃ ə nər /

noun

  1. a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.

  2. a tailor or modiste.


Etymology

Origin of fashioner

First recorded in 1540–50; fashion + -er 1

Example Sentences

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“Antique shops are in the area, as well as the shop and studio of Hellmut Cordes, German goldsmith and fashioner of old world custom jewelry,” reads the County Star article.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

On the face of it, that should be a good fit for Anderson, a filmmaker who has always been less a master storyteller than a supreme fashioner of story worlds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021

DC, which launched its Superman character in 1938 and Batman a year later, has long languished in the shadow of upstart Marvel Studios as a fashioner of movie mega-blockbusters.

From Time • Jun. 16, 2013

The fashioner of sci-fi Utopias or dystopias is advised to keep it simple and avoid embarrassment later.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was the great fashioner of the intellectual chaos; he changed its darkness into light, and its discord into order.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron